Politics

Bipartisan Group of Senators Wants to Remove Trump’s Ability to Go Soft on Russia

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The best way to sanction Russia for election meddling, they reason, may be to stop Trump from getting in the way.

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Following President Donald Trump’s roundly criticized performance alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday, a bipartisan group of senators is moving closer to taking key intelligence powers out of the president’s hands.

At work is a piece of legislation that would trigger automatic sanctions if Russia or any other...

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